Carrier landings no longer required for Navy pilots’ Wings of Gold
U.S. Navy pilots in training no longer have to complete a requirement previously considered integral for flight school success. As of March 2025, students can qualify for graduation without landing a jet on an aircraft carrier, according to a Navy spokesperson who provided an emailed...
He was bayoneted in Guam. Shot on Iwo. Now, at 100, he is a sergeant.
At just 16, Frank S. Wright lied about his age to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. He entered the ranks of the 4th Marine Raiders and later the 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division, and went on to fight in Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Guam and...
Keel laid for Navy’s second Columbia-class nuclear strike submarine
The keel for the U.S. Navy’s second Columbia-class submarine was laid during an Aug. 27 ceremony in Kingstown, Rhode Island, marking the beginning of the sub’s construction. The vessel, currently designated SSBN 827, will be known as the Wisconsin, becoming the third in a line...
Trump links Space Command HQ move to Colorado’s ‘crooked’ voting laws
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Colorado’s mail-in voting policies were a “big factor” in his decision to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. Meanwhile, Republican members of Congress from Alabama, who stood beside Trump during an Oval Office announcement, insisted it...
US strikes drug-carrying vessel that departed Venezuela, Trump says
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. The president offered scant details on the operation. “When you leave the room, you’ll see that we just, over the...
Country music no longer owns the troops, and that’s a good thing
For decades, country music positioned itself as the unofficial soundtrack of the American military. From Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” at every base ceremony, the genre tied itself to patriotism and uniformed service. The...
Army cancels Biden-era promotion program aimed at eliminating bias
Following a review last month, the U.S. Army has canceled its Command Assessment Program, formally established as a program of record in the last days of the Biden administration. Starting in 2019 as a pilot program for selecting battalion commanders, CAP was implemented throughout the...
USS George Washington returns to Japanese homeport
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier George Washington docked in Japan on Saturday after spending several months at sea as part of an Indo-Pacific patrol, a Navy spokesperson confirmed. The carrier departed from its homeport of Yokosuka Naval Base on June 10 for its first deployment after...
President says he will deploy National Guard troops to Chicago
President Donald Trump says he will deploy the National Guard to Chicago to help with crime in the city. “We’re going in. I didn’t say when. We’re going in,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday. “Chicago is a hellhole right now, Baltimore is...
Army picks 3 startups to fast-track self-driving squad vehicle
The U.S. Army is turning to commercial startups to fast-track autonomous ground vehicles into combat formations, awarding $15.5 million in new contracts to three companies to test self-driving systems on Infantry Squad Vehicles. Overland AI, Forterra and Scout AI will “rapidly integrate and deliver commercial...
